Ancient Reliefs and Hieroglyphs

This collection features intricate sandstone and stone reliefs depicting scenes from ancient civilizations, including Egyptian and Assyrian artistry, highlighting historical events and figures.

Close up of artwork at ancient ruins of kings at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor Egypt

ESTELA DE PESESH Y SU ESPOSA PETEK - CALIZA VERDE (IMPERIO MEDIO)- XII DINASTIA- 29 cm. Location: EGYPTIAN MUSEUM. KAIRO. EGYPT.

Interior of the ancient Nubian Temple of Debod, dismantled as part of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, rebuilt in Parque de la Montana, Madrid, Spain, Europe

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, West Valley, Tomb of Ramses VII, mural paintings of Historiated sarcophagus in Burial chamber from 20th dynasty

Ostracon: Ramesses II Suckled by a Goddess, c. 1279-1213 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1213 BC. Painted limestone; overall: 31.2 x 18.2 x 3.3 cm (12 5/16 x 7 3/16 x 1 5/16 in.).

Frieze with king and tribute, Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East

Hunting scenes, relief, Mahanavami Dibba, Royal Enclosure, Hampi, Vijayanagar, Karnataka, South India, India, Asia

Detail of reliefs and hieroglyphs, Luxor Temple, Luxor, Egypt

Relief. Eagle-headed god Nisroch. 9th century BC. Neo-Assyrian. Reign of Ashurnasirpal. Nimrud (ancient Kalhu). Northern Mesopotamia. Alabaster. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ny. USA.

Cylinder seal with cultic scene 8th - 7th century B.C. Assyrian. Cylinder seal with cultic scene. Assyrian. 8th - 7th century B.C.. Brown Chalcedony (Quartz). Neo-Assyrian. Mesopotamia

Egypt. Abydos. Temple of Seti I. New Kingdom. 19th Dynasty. Pharaoh wearing the double crown receiving the ankh (symbol of life) from Goddess Isis. Relief with original polychrome, detail.

Relief detail of the delegation of nations bringing gifts to Darius on the steps of Apadana Palace, Persepolis, Persepolis, Iran, Asia

Canteras Gebel Silsila (margen oriental).

Cylinder seal with monster contest scene 9th - 8th century B.C. Babylonian. Cylinder seal with monster contest scene 323911

Bas-relief sculptures of erotic scenes are well depicted parapet wall of the Chinniyan tank Oorani near Thiruvannamalai Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Mastaba of Princess Idut. 24th c. BC. EGYPT. Saqqara. Offerings bearers. Egyptian art. Old Kingdom. Relief.

Relief by Seti I on the Temple of Abydos; Temple d'Abayaos. Portrait the Seti I..

Beni-Hasan Necropolis. Tomb of Amenemhat, detail: mural paintings depicting hunting scenes and country life

Limestone stela with Prayers for Offerings. Dated 1900 B.C.

This 1910 image shows refugees swimming along a river on inflated sheep skins. The time period is that of ancient Assyria around 800s BC. The relief is in the British Museum in London.

Sasanians. Relief of Shapur's Parade depicting the King Shapur I riding a horse, folllowed by his sons and other characters. 3rd century. It celebrates the king's military victory in 244 over the Roman emperor Valerian and Philip the Arab. Naqsh-e Rajab. Fars Province, Iran (Old Persia).

Petroglyphs, Qobustan, Unesco World Heritage Site, Azerbaijan

Mesopotamia. Campaign of King Ashurbanipal. Warrior. Detail. Relief. Palace of Nineveh. 7th century BC. Assyrians.

Wall frieze from the tomb of Ramesses VI. Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI, later reused the tomb as his own. The layout is typical of the 20th dynasty - the Ramesside period. Ramesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryamun was the fifth ruler of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned for about eight years in the mid-to-late 12th century BC

Cylinder seal with cultic scene late 9th - 7th century B.C. Assyrian. Cylinder seal with cultic scene. Assyrian. late 9th - 7th century B.C.. Red Jasper (Quartz). Neo-Assyrian. Mesopotamia

Iberian Peninsula. Taifa kingdoms. Memorial stone. 1072. Epitaph of the vizier Abu Omar in kufic script (Qur'an XXXV, 5; III, 89; XLVIII, 1-4). Marble. From Toledo, Spain. Detail. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Basalt slab with relief depicting warriors armed with spear and shield, from Carchemish, Turkey

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of army commander Amenemheb Meh, Mural painting depicting votive offerings

Freize depicting a cattle herder found at Meir, near Asyut, Egypt. in a low slope leading on to the desert plateau. The most important of these rock-cut tombs belong to the men who were in charge of the 14th Upper Egyptian nome during the 6th and the 12th dynastie

Tomb of Ramesses III, Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. reigned from 1186 to 1155 BC and is considered to be the last monarch of the New Kingdom to wield any substantial authority over Egypt. Tomb KV11 is located in the main valley of the Valley of the Kings. The tomb has been open since antiquity, and has been known variously as Bruce's Tomb (named after James Bruce who entered the tomb in 1768) and The Harper's Tomb (due to paintings of two blind harpers in the tomb).

Bas relief in Cairo Egyptian museum , writer, Le Caire, Egypt.,05/15/2004

Famous bas-relief on the Apadana Palace, Achaemenid archeological site of Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Persia, Iran, Asia

Wall frieze from the tomb of Ramesses VI. Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI, later reused the tomb as his own. The layout is typical of the 20th dynasty - the Ramesside period. Ramesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryamun was the fifth ruler of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned for about eight years in the mid-to-late 12th century BC

Karnak - The Sanctuary. Antonio Beato (English, born Italy, about 1835 - 1906)

ARTE MESOPOTAMICO. ASIRIO. Relieves del Palacio de Sargon II. De izquierda a derecha: El héroe GILGAMESH, con un león en brazos, y TORO GUARDIAN ANDROCEFALO. Dur Sharrukin, antigua Asiria (Actual Khorsabad en Irak). 713-716 a. C. Siglo VIII a. C. Museo del Louvre. París. Francia.

Plaster cast of a relief from the temple of Beit el-Wali, depicting a military expedition by Ramesses II. Dated 1279 BC

Artist's Sketch. Dimensions: H. 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.), w. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 19-20. Date: ca. 1295-1070 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Egypt. Necropolis of Saqqara. Wall with hieroglyphic writing and relief depicting a deceased before a table offering food to the gods, in the center. Old Kingdom.

Egyptian wall paintings from The New Kingdom, facsimies of ancient Egyptian wall decoration. They are accurate copies of original scenes, exact in line and colour and, with a few exceptions, at a scale of 1:1.

Feet Of The Gigantic Seated Colossus Of Ramses Ii, Once Approximately 20M High, Has Fallen To The Ground And Now Lies Face Down, In Fragments By The T...

El Templo de Edfu está ubicado en la ciudad de Edfu (Egipto), que durante el periodo grecorromano fue conocida como Apolinópolis Magna, dedicada al dios de los dioses, Horus-Apolo.

Soldier. Detail. Assyrian, 728 BC. Nimrud, Central Palace. Iraq. Campaigns in Syria and Iran in 738-7BC. British Museum. London.

detail from the Shrine of Taharqa is a sandstone shrine built by King Taharqa (690-664 BC)

Fresco from the tomb of Nebamun, Fragment of a polychrome tomb-painting showing a banquet scene. Thebes, Egypt 18th Dynasty, around 1350 BC

El Templo de Edfu está ubicado en la ciudad de Edfu (Egipto), que durante el periodo grecorromano fue conocida como Apolinópolis Magna, dedicada al dios de los dioses, Horus-Apolo.

Italy. Rome. Arch of Constantine. 4th century. Erected by the Senate in honor of Emperor Constantine after his victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge (312). Latin inscription.

ARQUERO - LADRILLO PINTADO - PALACIO DE ARTAJERJES II - SUSA. Location: BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses IX (KV 6), Third passage, detail of the frescoed ceiling representing ""The Egyptian Amduat: The Book of the Hidden Chamber""

France, Midi-Pyrénées, Romanesque capital of the abbey St. Foy in Conques,

Israel National Museum, in Jerusalem, Israel

Close-up of the Stones of the Dancers, in the Plaza of the Dancers (Gallery of los Danzantes), next to Building L at Monte Alban (UNESCO World Heritage Site), which is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Valley of Oaxaca region, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Tomb chapel of Raemkai: South wall of the entrance corridor. Dynasty: Dynasty 5. Date: ca. 2446-2389 B.C..THE ENTRANCE CORRIDORScenes decorating the entrance thicknesses of Old Kingdom tombs often included a movement of people and objects into the interior. The entrance corridor here is decorated on both sides with scenes in several registers. At the very top, parts of two ships can be seen. Only the hulls of ships are preserved, but the absence of rowing oars and the position of the steering oars show that both boats are sailing westward into the tomb, and thus into the realm of the dead. In the registers below, an enshrined statue of the deceased is dragged on a sled over ground moistened by a man pouring water from a jar. The inscription reads: "accompanying the statue to its chamber." In the third register offering bearers march into the tomb. Even the slaughter of oxen in the bottom register is a fitting theme for an entrance corridor, as butchering usually took place outside th

Bas-relief depicting Princess Meritites. Old Kingdom. 4th Dynasty, ca. 2500 BC. Polychrome limestone. It shows two female figures, the two daughters of Meritites and Akhtihetep, flanking a cartouche composed of two cords and bearing the name of the Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops). From the tomb of Meritites and Akhtihetep in Giza (Egypt). Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (858-824 BC). Assyrian, from Nimrud. Made of fine-grain Black limestone streaked with white. It records the king's campaigns, and tributes given to him.

TEMPLO DE DEBOD: RELIEVE EN LA PARED IZQUIERDA DEL VESTIBULO.

Trajans Column is a Roman column commemorating the Roman Emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars. Located in Trajans Forum, north of the Roman Forum. The spiral Bas Relief artistically describes the epic battles between the Romans and Dacians. Completed in 113 AD. Rome. Italy 2013

A ruin and ancient Sassanid rock relief depiction of the equestrian relief of Hormizd II, Naqsh-e Rostam, Fars Province. Shiraz, Iran.

Watercolour of an Egyptian wall-painting from the tomb of Senmut shows Minoans (Aegeans) carrying precious vessels, as gifts for the Pharaoh. During the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, (1473-1425 BC)

A beam of sunlight illuminates the face of Seti I, depicted on the wall of his mortuary temple at Luxor, Egypt

Partial Wooden Funerary Stela 1070 B.C.

Hieroglyphics on temple, Close Up, Egypt

Grave slab in the cloister, St., Saint, Saint

Hieroglyphs from the Temple of Thutmose Semna, Sudan Egyptian Art

Tom of Nebamun (middle-ranking official scribe). New Kigdom of Egypt. 18th dynasty. c. 1350 BCE. Servant holds two desert hares by their ears. British Museum. London. UK.

Egypt. Saqqara. Mastaba of Ti. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Relief depicting hunting scene. Hunters nailing his lances into the hippos and crocodiles.

ITALIA. ROMA. DETALLE COLUMNA DE TRAJANO EN EL FORO ROMANO OBRA DE APOLODORO DE DAMASCO SIGLO II. CELEBRA LAS CAMPAÑAS DEL EMPERADOR CONTRA LOS DACIOS (ACTUAL RUMANIA).

Funerary papyrus. Date/Period: -1069 - -945. Tomb equipment. Papyrus, painted papyrus, painted. Height: 100 mm (3.93 in); Width: 1,000 mm (39.37 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses VI, mural painting from Illustrated Book of the Earth, in Burial chamber from 20th dynasty

England,London,British Museum,Egyptian Room,Tomb Chapel of Nebamun,Painting of Young Boy Herding Cattle

Decorative Reliefs, South Portico, First Courtyard, Medinet Habu, Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, 1187-56 BCE, Ancient Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Cylinder seal ca. 1720-1650 B.C.. Cylinder seal. ca. 1720-1650 B.C.. Hematite. Old Syrian. Syria

Floor mosaic depicting pastoral and hunting scenes, Baptistery of the Moses Basilica, Mount Nebo, Jordan. Byzantine civilization, 6th century AD.

England,London,Tower of London,Graffiti by Prisoners in the Beauchamp Tower

Floor slab, grave stone in the Cathedral of Our Lady, Cathedral of Augsburg, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The Ishtar Gate, Babylon. Relief of bull by Assyrian Art / Pergamon Museum, Berlin/ 6th century BC/ Bas-relief/ The Oriental Arts/ Objects,Animals and Birds

Produce from Nubia presented to Ramesses II by Viceroy Amenemope, Relief, Temple of Beit el-Wali, Lower Nubia, Cast, British Museum, London, England, UK

This ancient Assyrian relief shows the god Bel-Merodach (also spelled Marduk), armed with the thunderbolt, doing battle with the tumultuous Tiamat (figure on left). Marduk was all-powerful, a healer, and mediator for humans. Marduk was called upon to save humanity from evil. Tiamat was the symbol of chaos. The struggle between Marduk and Tiamat was a favorite theme for ancient Assyrian artists. It was drawn by Faucher-Gudin to accompany text in a book on ancient Egypt and the Levant by Gaston Maspero. The actual bas-relief is from Nimrud and is preserved in the British Museum.

Trajans Column is a Roman column commemorating the Roman Emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars. Located in Trajans Forum, north of the Roman Forum. The spiral Bas Relief artistically describes the epic battles between the Romans and Dacians. Completed in 113 AD. Rome. Italy 2013

Glazed brick guardsman. The guards are thought to be members of the royal army known as the 'Immortals'.

Egyptian wall-painting of a semitic envoy. Artist: Unknown

blur in iran persepolis the old ruins historical destination monuments and ruin

Images of Pharaohs and hieroglyphs on main pylons of entrance to Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt

Aurochs (bulls). Ishtar gate. Babylon. Neo-Babylon. 604-562 BC. Glazed Brick. Iraq. Istanbul Archaeoligical Museum. Turkey.

Old Egypt Hieroglyphs carved on the stone Old Egypt Hieroglyphs carved on the stone Copyright: xZoonar.com/EugenxWaisx 17023759

Ancient Egypt. Burial chamber of Methen or Metjen (high official). 4th Dynasty, c. 2575 BC. Limestone. Mastaba 6. Necropolis of north Sakkara. Old Kingdom. Neues Museum (New Museum). Berlin, Germany.

Lion relief. Procession Street. Babylon. Neo-Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar II era. 604-562 BC. Glazed Brick. Istanbul Archaeoligical Museum. Turkey.

Advertisement for Muller Stoneware Manufactory. Artist: Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (French, Paris 1856-1909 Neuilly). Culture: French, Ivry. Dimensions: 36 × 25 3/8 in. (91.4 × 64.5 cm). Date: 1897.Toward the close of the nineteenth century, the humble medium of stoneware--grès in French--won the attention of sculptors because of its earthy honesty and its capacity for reproducing the subtlest contours. The trade in stoneware sculptures grew so promising that the large firm of Emile Muller chose to advertise them along with the tiles and moldings for which it was known. This relief has chunks of masonry plaster on its back and must have been walled-in, possibly in Muller's showroom, as a sort of three-dimensional poster.In turning to Charpentier, the firm obtained the services of the most gifted anatomist among Art Nouveau sculptors. The olive-hued relief shows a remarkable tension between the tousled, sinewy youth and the bands of lettering. The boy holds a bulky tile while pro

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